Trends in Academic Publishing Survey 2021 - March 7, 2022
In 2021, Deanta surveyed academic publishers across the globe to discover how the industry was reacting after a Covid-hit 2020. The results of that 2021 survey revealed how the skills that publishers need were diversifying and, although confidence across the industry was high, evidence of immediate meaningful change was low,… Read More
STM Online Services 2021-2025 report focuses on open access, open data increase demand for STM online services - January 31, 2022
Whether fueled by a global arms race in research and development, the movement towards open research, or the mobilization against coronavirus — the number of research papers and associated data produced each year is exploding. By one estimate, the COVID-19 literature published from January 2020 to May 2020 reached more… Read More
Clarivate unveils global research report on Managing Academic Publication Credit in a Collaborative World - January 27, 2022
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has released a new report from the company’s Institute for Scientific Information™ which proposes a new method for analyzing the credit authors of academic papers receive via… Read More
The MIT Press release new report on the development of the Direct to Open model: A roadmap for supporting open access monographs - January 20, 2022
The MIT Press has released a report on the development of the Direct to Open model: A roadmap for supporting open access monographs. The MIT Press Open Monograph Model: Direct to Open, a new white paper published by Chain Bridge… Read More
The Nature Index 2021 Young Universities published in Nature - December 10, 2021
The Nature Index 2021 Young Universities, published in Nature, shows that while universities with the highest increases in high-quality research output in this year’s supplement have shared approaches to purpose, recruitment and researcher independence, they are following different strategies in their respective drives to growth. For… Read More
Clarivate and the Chinese Academy of Sciences release annual joint report to identify 171 research fronts - December 9, 2021
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have released the “Research Fronts 2021” report, to identify the hottest and emerging areas in the world of scientific research.… Read More
Springer Nature supports RoRI-led ‘Scholarly Communication in Times of Crisis’ project - December 8, 2021
Springer Nature was part of a project team of publishers, and others from the scholarly ecosystem, led by the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) who have contributed to a report that has sought to address the impact of key commitments, made across the research… Read More
‘Librarian Futures’ report from Lean Library reveals opportunities for new era of patron-centered library services - November 3, 2021
Lean Library, a ‘Technology from SAGE’ company, has released “Librarian Futures,” a white paper based on a large-scale survey of 4,000 librarians and patrons that examines librarian-patron workflows and relationships. The report finds that while patrons are unaware of the full extent of librarian support (with 77%… Read More
China leads the way in researching clean energy innovation to achieve net zero, reveals new Elsevier study - October 29, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has unveiled a comprehensive study on the state of global clean energy research. The study reveals that China is leading the way in research to achieve net zero, with its funding agencies supporting the single largest… Read More
New Springer Nature white paper reveals Gold open access is best for authors and researchers - October 28, 2021
Springer Nature has published a new white paper that builds on the growing body of evidence that shows that Gold open access (OA) is best for authors and researchers. Springer Nature’s 2018 white paper, Assessing the open access effect for hybrid journals, highlighted ‘the OA effect’ and… Read More
